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Could anyone explain to me whether this article is serious or sarcasm ?

And if it is sarcastic what exactly is he mocking ?

I guess that most HN readers would be unfamiliar the tools of the trade for big data and machine learning.

Not serious, or maybe ha-ha-only-serious. See:

http://philip.greenspun.com/humor/ai.text

  The AI field has been a prolific source of hokey new
  terminology
  ...
  AI is about the same age as the rest of computing.
  ...
  If DOD spending on AI drops far enough, universities   
  like Stanford, MIT and CMU may even find the integrity
  to rid themselves of scientifically embarassing, but 
  formerly profitable, AI programs. The quality of CS 
  faculties and budgets at universities across the  
  country will continue to be diluted by the presence of
  large numbers of AI meatballs. 
  -- Gary Martins (former RAND manager)

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